My arrival to Lima, Peru

Well my lovelies, I´m nice and safe at the Hostal Torreblanca in Mira Flores, Peru. Fortunately, the flight was smooth, even though it was half full with toddlers for 7 hours and 20 mins. The only negative part was the headache I think I got from watching so many great movies on my flights On Demand TV. :D

Upon arrival I was completely overwhelmed looking for the hotel transfers driver with my name sign. There were sooo many people and so many with signs I thought I would never find him. After my friends telling me about those horrible movies such as Turistas and The Ruins (you know who you are ;), I couldn’t help but envision some bad things :/. As you can imagine, I was relieved to spot my name further away from the rest. The man was so jovial and welcoming that I automatically relaxed as he walked me outside and handed me over to another driver. At first this made me raise an eyebrow but when I saw another older man that was just as jovial and welcoming I was ok. The best part was that he provided me with an interesting first brief interview on the accomplishments of his children and his belief as to why so many other children in Peru aren’t as fortunate.

Cornelio, 63, has been living in Lima (originally from the North) for 39 years with his wife. Currently, he works driving his car for guest transfers in collaboration with specific hotels. His 5 children have managed to successfully graduate high school and college in a country in which education is hard to come by. All of his children have acquired a profession and for the exception of the youngest (25 years old) relocated to Europe (Milan, Italy). Cornelio was blessed with the opportunity to build a business based on his auto mechanic skills which led to his opening a restaurant that all his children worked in facilitating the business and allowing the family as a whole to reap the benefits.

Cornelio believes that the country has remained stagnate for so many years because the people in charge of making a difference lack the motivation or discipline to move the country forward. Years of dispute take place before an initiative is taken to make improvements in a town let alone a country as a whole. Children are impacted the most because the stagnation of a country means a higher cost of living and education.

I’ve always wondered why it is that in so many countries such as Peru the natives dominate in numbers and yet they’ve always remained powerless. I can’t wait to find out more. Most importantly, I can’t wait to see what kind of an impact a small group of volunteers such as myself could make in such a short period of time.

On that note, off to my ridiculously hard bed I go to :/

Buenas noches ;)
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Roxie

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